TRACK LIST
1……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………… OVER THE LINE
2……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………… GOVERNING BODIES
3…………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………… FINISH TOGETHER
4……………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………… MCCARREN PARK
5………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………… MY INJURY 6……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………… HAPPIER
7……………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………… UNICORN
8………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………… CHURCH OF THE SUNDAY LONG RUN
9…………………………………….………………………………………………………….………….……… THERAPY
10……………………………………………………………………………………………….………………… POSTER CHILD
11………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………… CIRCLING
12…………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………… FALSE START
13……………………………………………………………………………………….………………………… SOBER
14……………………………………………………………………………………….………………………… THIS BODY CAN RUN
15……………………………………………………………………………………….………………………… ON AN ISLAND
- OVER THE LINE
Gun flashes, I feel my
Heart in my feet,
Rising from the ashes a
Phoenix in heat,
The the one to beat,
I’ve lost my breath and my
Sense and my mind –
Run out front to outrun,
I am losing time,
Will my legs stay light?
Will my stride be a knife
Will I cut round the corner to
Run for my life?
Will you cross over with me?
Will I leave you behind?
Will we ever stop running from
What we are running from to survive?
Foot steps pounding lockstep behind
Track twists and it turns and it intertwines
Cut round the corner watch this race horse defy
Olympian mythology runner’s high
I’ve got Olympian mythology runner’s high
Call my name, when I run that race
I will move the world, I will claim my place
If you call my name, I’ll prove I’ll move
The world for you
Watch the clock as I get free
Transcending time, ascending feet
If you call my name, I’ll prove I’ll move
The world for you
When I cross over
When I cross over
When I cross over
Over the line
Who will I be on the other side?
I’ve got Olympian mythology runner’s high
Two lanes converging
Two paths lie in front of me
In one, I run inside the body they want me to be
What would you do?
In two, I could lose my position if I transition
To set my heart free
Let my legs stay light,
Let my stride be a knife
As I cut round the corner to
Run for my life,
Will you cross over with me?
Will I leave you behind?
Will we ever stop running from
What we are running from to survive?
Rules aren’t what they’ve always been, no
Rules can break and rules can bend, so
I will turn them to my end, oh
When they ask who I am
Tell them I am an Olympian
A horse with wings can touch the sky
I’ve got Olympian Mythology runner’s high
Call my name, when I run that race
I will move the world, claim my place
If you call my name, I’ll prove I’ll move
The world for you
Watch the clock, as I get free
Transcending time, ascending feet
If you call my name, I’ll prove I’ll move
You can’t hold me, you can’t hold me
When I cross over
When I cross over
When I cross over
Over the line
When I cross over
When I cross over
When I cross over
Over the line
Over the line
Over
A horse with wings can touch the sky
Who will I be on the other side?
See you at the finish line,
I’ve got Olympian Mythology runner’s high
Olympian Mythology runner’s high
- GOVERNING BODIES
Our footsteps will truly be
The running sound of liberty
Imprint the ground and set us free
From the body that governs you and governs me
Our footsteps will truly be
The doubling down of liberty
Imprint the ground and set us free
From the body that governs you and governs me
In the eyes of the IOC
International Olympic Committee
You can’t cross the binary,
If you’re gonna play professionally, they’ll
Strip you down to your bare bones
To prove your chromosomes, hormones,
Pronoun battle ground, bathroom war zones
That’s the law, that’s what’s t –
You can’t cross the binary
Says the body that governs you
And governs me
Our footsteps will truly be
The running sound of liberty
Imprint the ground and set us free
From the body that governs you and governs me
I’d sit in silence, but I know
Violence grows in quiet shadows
They say they’re protecting women and girls
From gender pretenders all over the world
We know it’s men who made that view
To justify the hate they spew
To do what they really wanna do
Then blame a smaller, weaker group
That’s the body governing me,
That’s the body governing you
Our footsteps will truly be
The running sound of liberty
Imprint the ground and set us free
From the body that governs you and governs me
Classification, representation
Check the box of assigned designation
I wow the crowd with speed and wonder
If the only way to play is to keep my structure
And run for the team they want me under
I will run without a gender –
I will run as a runner
This body has no gender –
This body is a run-run-runner
Our footsteps will truly be
The running sound of liberty
Imprint the ground and set us free
From the body that governs you and governs me
Our footsteps will truly be
The doubling down of liberty
Imprint the ground and set us free
From the body that governs you and governs me
- FINISH TOGETHER
Sweat drips on my tongue it tastes like salt and summer
Feel your grip, it’s gripping me like spikes are tearing torn up rubber
Spied your stride and I can tell you’re not like all the others
If you overtake me will I ever recover?
Tonight we are running free
You’re getting closer, closing in on me
Finish line I’ll take my time
Your ass looks better from behind
Open up, we’re running hotter
Quench me like a drink of water
Hope our season lasts forever
You and I could finish together
I’ve run this course and I remember
Track in May, trails in December
Competition’s getting better
Right behind me, come and get her
Pass me in a lover’s chase, please
Grab the gold and second place me
Cheer for me and wait for me
Reach the end and you embrace me
Competition of my dreams
Photo op, we look so sweet
You make all my muscles scream
Come to the finish line, to the finish line
Come to the finish line with me
Tonight we are running free
You’re getting closer, closing in on me
Finish line I’ll take my time
Your ass looks better from behind
Open up, we’re running hotter
Quench me like a drink of water
Hope our season lasts forever
You and I could finish together
I can pace you to your time
Race you to the very end
Chase you to the finish line
Before you run away again
I can pace you to your time
Race you to the very end
Chase you to the finish line
Before you run away again
I can pace you to your time
Race you to the very end
Chase you to the finish line
Before you run away again
Before I run away with you
Before you run away again
Before I run away with you
Before you run away again
Tonight we are running free
You’re getting closer, closing in on me
Finish line I’ll take my time
My ass looks better from behind
Open up, we’re running hotter
Quench me like a drink of water
Hope our season lasts forever
You and I could finish together
You and I could finish together
You and I could finish together
- MCCARREN PARK
Heard you call my name
Over a soccer game
On a night, so clear
You could see the
Empire State
It is glowing tall and
Sparkling late
In McCarren park
All my friends
Circle the bends
Of the track, so clear
Watch the candy sky set
Flying alongside
Fairies in the night
In McCarren park
Will you close your eyes with me?
Feel how quickly time flies with me?
We’ll make good time in good company
Lingering, lingering
Will you call my name?
Picture perfect frame
On a night so clear
Won’t be home til late
Because our running start
Runs from dusk til dark
In McCarren Park
I fear I’ll turn the corner
I fear I’ll leave you behind
I fear I won’t stop running
But you’re never far from my mind
I fear the miles between us
I fear we’re losing time
I fear we’re closing in on
Our final finish line
But I will call your name,
As the summers wane.
It’s a night so clear,
Look, the
Empire State is
Glowing tall and
Sparkling late
In McCarren park
- MY INJURY
My injury has kept me in bed for months
The comment section’s messing with my head a bunch
I don’t get outside very much
My injury such I’ve lost my magic touch
It’s not a broken bone, or,
Muscle that won’t leave me alone
Gaga says I was born this way
But Gaga can’t read what the comments say
Is it true what they say about me?
Would the whole world be better off without me?
If the parts I can’t change are my injury
Is it true what they say? Is it true what they say?
About me?
About me
They say
Sad
Fuckin freak
I hope for your safety
They don’t sell beer in glass bottles
Vomit emoji
Oh my goodness I can’t wait
Will there be tampons in the men’s bathroom?
They say
Kill yourself skull emoji
Make asylums great again
The asylum is missing a resident
More child molester perverts
Repent!
Fucking queers are ruining this country
You’re a pathetic excuse for a woman and a man
I shouldn’t give a damn what strangers or AI troll bots say
At least I don’t go home to them
At least I had the chance to run away
I’m not religious but thank god everyday
I made it out of here, at
At least I had the chance to run away… at least – that’s what Gaga would say
Is it true what they say about me?
Would the whole world be better off without me?
If the parts I can’t change are my injury
Maybe it’s true what they say. I hear it’s true what they say
About me
- HAPPIER
Nothing makes me happier
Than feeling sad on an open trail
Wild wind rushing
Over my skin.
Nothing makes me happier
Than letting my intrusive thoughts prevail
My inner saboteur sings a
Lullaby whisper in the wind
I love the pain
I cherish the ache
Drown me in heartbreak
That I cannot shake
I bask in the longing
I love that it’s real
Reminds me I’m alive enough
To feel
Nothing makes me sadder
Than how happy everyone else can be
Vacations with their boyfriends
Long weekends
Invite-only parties on the beach
(you wanna take a selfie?)
Inhale the pain, it’s a
Cigarette burn
Sting of remembering
What I don’t deserve
Hold it, then exhale
And pay it no mind
If I can’t embrace this anomaly
I’ll probably die
I can be a friend to the pain
And get happier
Re-up my prescription, stay sane
And get happier
Imagine that I am the same
And get happier
Get happier
Hap-happier
I can be a friend to the pain
And get happier
Normal, mediocre, mundane
I’d be happier
I don’t need to stop to complain
To be happier
Get happier
Hap-happy and
Basic and
Happier
Want to be basic and
Happier
I love the pain
I cherish the ache
Drown me in heartbreak
That I cannot shake
I bask in the longing
I love that it’s real
Reminds me I’m alive enough
To feel
Nothing makes me happier
Than feeling sad on an open trail
Wild wind rushing
Over my skin.
Nothing makes me happier
Than letting my intrusive thoughts grow boring, and stale
This runner’s high’s a vibe, I sing a
Lullaby, a whisper in the wind
Hm
Hm
Hm
- UNICORN
I’m the rarest creature in the wild
I move in secret and live in exile
Untamed incarnation of magic and heat
Known for my spike and my lightning fast feet
My freedom will never be bought, can’t be traded
I will not be pedestaled, pushed, and paraded
Just to be beaten, broken down, and berated
I know what I am
I’m not your show pony
I won’t point and pose –
I am a Pegasus
Decked in gold and rose
I’m the rarest breed,
Living Mythology
A natural disaster of scandal and scorn
A legend born
Nobody can touch me, touch me, touch me
Nobody’s above me, above me, above me
Make the people love me, love me, love me
Oh
Legendary, large in size
Pressure formed power thighs
Medal adorned, diamond eyes
Horny, thorny, oh so wise
Spiral grooves, cloven hooves,
Run away faster than they can chase you
Feral, feisty, fowl forlorn
Tempermental, tame, and torn
Neighed the day that I was born
I’m unshakeable
I’m a legend born
Unicorn, unicorn
I am pressure formed
Unicorn, unicorn
Better watch my number
Better watch my name
When the runner meets the rubber
To Finish Line acclaim
I am the treasure you sought
And I am never getting caught
I’m faster that lightning, and
Now you’ve been warned
I’m a legend born
And when they try to crush me, crush me, crush me
I won’t let them touch me, touch me, touch me
Nobody’s above me, above me, above me
No
When the masses misjudge me, judge me, judge me
Betray me and begrudge me, grudge me, grudge me
I’ll make the people love me, love me, love me
I’m gonna make you, I’m gonna make you
Legendary, large in size
Pressure formed power thighs
Medal adorned, diamond eyes
Horny, thorny, oh so wise
Spiral grooves, cloven hooves,
Run away faster than they can chase you
Feral, feisty, fowl forlorn
Tempermental, tame, and torn
I neighed the day that I was born
I’m unbreakable
I’m a legend born
Unicorn, unicorn
I am pressure formed
Unicorn, unicorn
I’m a Unicorn,
Meant for so much more
Than they ever had in store.
I’m a Unicorn
Unicorn, Unicorn
- CHURCH OF THE SUNDAY LONG RUN
I’m new.
You too?
You are?
How far…
How fast?
Oh, That’s fast.
Finish together?
I hope I can last.
If we’re gonna do this,
Can we start
Slowly?
Slowly,
The Church of the
Sunday Long Run
Is holy
Holy
Crisp, cool air
Filling up my inside
Swirling rhythm
Lengthening my stride
A beat ahead
A beat behind
My heart rate settles
Steps align
I listen to
Your body move
The way you’re
Listening to mine
Slowly, slowly
Barely know me
The Church of the
Sunday Long Run
Is holy
I’ll follow
You lead
I’ll keep
Steady
Do you know
Which way we’re going?
One mile more
I’m sure that
We’ll endure
That’s what the long run’s
Made for
Learning
Yearning
Discerning slowly
The Church of the
Sunday Long Run
Is holy
Holy
Rare horse running
By my side
Footsteps drumming
Feel your heart in mine
Your hooves
My heart
Rising sun
You’re the only one,
In the long run
Rare horse weightless
Wings in flight
Soaked in golden
Morning light
Your hooves
My heart
Rising sun
You’re the only one,
In the long run
I’ll follow
You lead
We’re gaining
Speed
I trust
The way you’re showing
Nine miles more
I’m sure that
We’ll endure
That’s what the long run’s
Made for
Learning
Yearning
Discerning slowly
We were strangers
Now you know me
We’re done?
Good run.
Slowly, slowly
The Church of the
Sunday Long Run is
Your hooves
My heart
Rising sun
You’re the only one,
In the long run
Your hooves
My heart
You’re the only one,
In the long run
In the long run
- THERAPY
Running is my therapy
I got a diagnosis
From my hot PT
Now it’s my whole
Personality
Running is my therapy
(Because I can’t afford real therapy)
Hobby horsein’ pony prancin’
Through the street
I’m a focal, I’m a yokel,
I’m a local elite
Hip hopping booty popping
Like a bunny in heat
Running is my therapy
(It’s my little treat!)
I tried to browse the dating apps
Start an OnlyFans to sell thirst traps
It didn’t take off, but there’s no harm that I wish ya
Just look at my splits, not my anger issues
I used to knock people over
And spit in their faces
Now I ask, “hey, are you training for any races?”
They think I’m polite and normal as can be
Running is my therapy
(And now I’m saying that I have an addiction, per se … but…)
It’s better than cocaine
Or a cup full of G
It’s better than the IRS
Calling me
It’s the p–p-p-party that
I really need
I’ll be on this treadmill
Til my toenails bleed
It’s better than sex with my
Avoidant ex
It pays out more than my
Unemployment checks
Now I have calves
And a god complex
Running is my therapy!
(And it’s free!)
Running is my therapy!
(They’re cheering for me!)
Running is my therapy!
(I think I just shit myself)
- POSTER CHILD
You made me believe
You and I we could achieve
Baby, I was so naive
Boy, you ran away with me
Oh, I’ve become too much
Trying to be just enough
Hoping one day I will know why
I believed this could be
Love, this could be
Us, could be trust, could be
Beginning
I believed, I believed, I believed
So naive
I didn’t see
It was a hit and run
It was a hit and run
You take my picture
Quote my words
And toss me right aside
Then drag my name and image, and
Trample on my pride
Then take me back behind closed doors
To open me, and see what’s inside
My image, the cover
Of your magazine
My picture plastered
Over a smoke screen
My photo, the face of your
War machine
Pinup girl,,
Chin up, smile
My image, the cover
Of your magazine
You make me run faster
Just so you can own me
Fame so shameful, got me
Feral and wild
Ain’t it great
To be the poster child?
Poster child
You made me feel
I could help the world heal
But your promises, a bait and switch
The wish was never real
Silent movie, frozen scene
You sealed my lips so I can’t scream
Wake me from this fever dream
I believed this could be
Love, this could be
Us, could be trust
Could be beginning
I believed, believed, believed
Now I gotta leave
Cause now I see
It was a hit and run
My image, the cover
Of your magazine
My picture plastered
Over a smoke screen
My photo, the face of your
War machine
Pinup girl,
Chin up, smile
My image, the cover
Of your magazine
You make me run faster
Just so you can own me
Fame so shameful, got me
Feral and wild
Ain’t it great, ain’t it great
Ain’t it great??
To be the poster child
Poster child
Poster child
11. CIRCLING
Who is that
Coming up behind me?
Is it a friend? Is it a foe?
Is it the monster inside me?
Running in circles
Running away
I’ll find the answer
On the road the some day
Running in circles
Run to complete
The lines, written down on the ground
Below my feet
I used to run
Circles round everyone
Chasing a dream
I was naive and young
But I came to see
I would never be
Like those other boys
That were chasing me
Gunning for me
Coming for me
Hunting me
I sped down the block
Fled down the street
Felt my body crash to the ground
Below my feet
Who is that
Coming up behind me?
Is it a friend? Is it a foe?
Is it the monster inside me?
Then I grew, then I grew
Ran in circles to use
Didn’t kill me, but the substance
Left a permanent bruise
The addiction concealed
But the wound never healed
When I lace up my shoes
I can feel it
Running me
Coming for me
Hunting me
From the school yard to
The neighborhood street to
The four A.M. bathroom floor to
The championship meet to
The scholarship kid to
The national race to
The podium to
My only escape
To a bigger stage
To a bigger crow
I became a legend
Running circles around
The ashes of me
Never meant to be
Found
But when the camera’s off
And the lights go down
I’m back on the unlit street
Of my hometown
Now that I’m grown
Run on a stadium track
Hometown hero’s
Never going back
I lace up my shoes
Try to focus my fuse
Channel the muse
And tend to the wound
Running in circles
Run to complete
The lines, written down on the ground
Below my feet
A friend, a foe, a monster
A friend, a foe, a monster
Circling, circling, circling
Watch me
Watch me
Watch me
Watch me
Run
12. FALSE START
We’re on the edge
End of story
Weightless
I’d rather stop the
clock from turning
Than be the one to
hurt like you’re hurting,
One step over
The line too far
Deep cuts marked by
Forever scars
We fell too fast
We fell too hard
I didn’t know
This was a false start
This was a false start
This was a false start
I’m still replaying
Wasting away
Trying to make sense of
The role I played
There’s miles between us
How we’ve changed
I remember better days
I’ll keep on praying
You’re happy where you are
I’m thinking of you if you’re
Near or far
Deep cuts marked by
Forever scars
Now I know
The lines blur
The veils thin
Cannot see the story
You are living in
We part ways
The night is done
In this morning haze
Why can’t we look at anyone?
I’ll keep on playing
Until our long ends
I’ll keep re-playing
Until it turns out different
I’ll keep on changing
Until my change is spent
Until it turns out different
Time is up,
I’ll let you be
Couldn’t stop
What I couldn’t see
Gave you every
Part of me
Now I’m just your
War story
Wish I could take it
All away
Wish I had the
Words to say
I’d take back
Your broken heart
Forever marked
This was a false start
This was a false start
This was a false start
False start
- SOBER
My throat is sore
My temples ache
My blood is cold
Barely awake
The pain is raw
The night is over
I wanna get over thisI wanna get sober
My voice is hoarse
My mind’s worn through
My eyes are bloodshot red from
Crying over you
I’m emptied out
I feel older
I wanna get over you
I wanna get sober
I remember
Who I was
Before I knew your
Bitter touch, and
I could separate
False from true when I
Started out, before I
Needed you, but
Now I see, I realize
The love we shared
Was never in your eyes
I learned the truth
I wish I knew,
I’ll pour out this cup,
I’ll get over you
Over you
Over you
That’s the best
I can do
I’m getting light
I’ll be alright
I’ll forget this night ever happened
I’m starting over, over you, over
I’m getting sober
Sober
Sober
- THIS BODY CAN RUN
They say don’t listen to the
News, don’t listen to the
The powerful people
Fixating on you
They say they’ll take away your
Life if you try
To speak truth to the powers
That are raging on you
Where do you go then?
What path do you take?
What’s the vision, the mission
To get out of this
Hell that I’m livin
If silence will lead to the end
What can I say
To help you, my friend?
Follow the rules,
And you’re out of the game
Well, I’ll keep playing anyway
Won’t hide in the shadows
Won’t cower in shame
No, I’ll keep moving anyway
When the game can’t be won
‘Cause they won’t let you play
I’ll run anyway
I’ll run anyway
When I’m down on my luck
And I’m lost and afraid
I’ll run anyway
I’ll run anyway
At a steady cadence
At a steady beat
Shifting the earth
Beneath my feet
I have already won
Cause this body, this body can run
This body can run
They say the path
Can never be paved,
But I won’t turn my back,
I will not run away
I say my steps are
The path that I lay
That I’ll follow into
My future one day
That’s where I’m going
The road that I’ll take.
The vision, the mission
To get out of this
Hell that we’re living
Heart is muscle
My will is the bone
I won’t let you
I won’t let you
I won’t let you
Run alone
I’ll keep moving
If you will too
I’ll keep moving
The world for you
I’ll keep moving
If you will too
’ll keep moving
The world for you
When the game can’t be won
‘Cause they won’t let you play
I’ll run anyway
I’ll run anyway
When I lose all my speed, and my
Body betrays me
I’ll run anyway
I’ll run anyway
At a steady cadence
At a steady beat
We’ll set the pace
Til our race is complete
Shifting the lines on the
Ground ‘neath our feet
We’ll finish together as one
We have already won
Cause this body, this body can run
I’ll keep moving
If you will too
I’ll keep moving
The world for you
I’ll keep moving
If you will too
I’ll keep moving
The world for you
- ON AN ISLAND
Wanna move
To an island
With all of my friends
And jump in a
Pool full of inflatable toys
And snack on papaya
And kiss lots of boys
And bake in the sun on an island
Oh, wouldn’t that be fun on an island?
Wanna party
Til the daylight
Rises after night
The DJ goes on and on til dawn,
I’m singing Britney til my voice is gone,
Answer to no one on an island
Wouldn’t that be fun on an island?
Ooh, let’s stay for
One day more, mi amor
Let’s do the foolish things
We pretend we are too good for
Let’s forget the world out there
Pretend we’re over the rainbow, somewhere
Linger for a weekend more
Mi amor, My unicorn
When I’m done wearing worn out shoes
When I’m done chasing heartache and blues
When I come running to your front door
The worry that I’m wearing don’t matter no more
I don’t really know where I’d be
Without my chosen my family
I don’t really know who I’d be
Without my chosen my family
Wouldn’t it be fun to forget
The world out there
Pretend we’re over the rainbow, somewhere
Linger for a lifetime more
Mi amor, My unicorn
Let’s have fun on an island
Til we’re done on an island
Wouldn’t it be fun on and island
To fall in love on an island
Wouldn’t it be fun on an island
Mi amor, mi amor,
Mi amor, my unicorn,
Mi amor, mi amor,
Mi amor, my unicorn,
My unicorn
